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“We’ve taken stories from our childhood and things that were memorable or life changing–where we said, ‘Wow, now I’m an adult,’” says Kerensa Peterson, director of the multidisciplinary performance piece the Women’s Project. She and eight local actresses started workshopping it two months ago; vignettes include one participant recounting “the trauma that ensued from having her mom and dad be really proud and excited” when she got her first period and another discussing the first time she was forced to budget her money. The piece won’t be completed until May, but the group’s offering sneak previews today at 3 and 5:30 at Belle Plaine Studios, 2014 W. Belle Plaine (773-680-8411); admission is $5.
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17 TUESDAY The Harold Washington 24 is the nom de guerre of a group of experienced librarians from the downtown library who were sent to work at smaller branches last October. They say they’re victims of both budget cuts and the ire of library commissioner Mary Dempsey, who told the Reader’s Ben Joravsky last month that the moves were “balancing [measures]” that allowed her to fill vacancies without hiring more personnel. The 24 are encouraging others to speak out against their transfers as well as cutbacks in the city’s book budget–nearly $2 million over the last seven years–at today’s library commission hearing. It’s at 10:30 AM at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State (312-747-4300).
